GM to sell Chinese-built car in the United States for first time

money cnn ^ | orig Dec 2015 | Isidore

[doug from upland]

Built in China, sold in the U.S.: It's a first for GM and any U.S. automaker.

GM said it will sell the Chinese-built Buick Envision, a crossover SUV, in the U.S. market starting next year. The UAW attacked the plan, saying it was "a slap in the face." It said GM should reconsider its plans and instead build a version for the U.S. market at a U.S. plant.

"The men and women of GM and the American taxpayers who invested so much in GM's future deserve better," said the union.

GM agreed in its latest labor deal to invest $8.3 billion in its U.S. plants over the next four years to create or retain an estimated 3,300 jobs. It increased U.S. employment by 14,000, or 18%, between the end of 2009 and the end of last year.

GM already has big operations in China, and sells more cars there than in the United States. Since 2011 it has exported about 157,000 cars from its U.S. plants to China. Buick has been a very successful brand in China. Automakers prefer to build cars close to where they're sold. Even Asian automakers such at Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) build most of the cars they sell in the United States at their U.S. plants. But critics of U.S.-China trade policy are concerned that China, with lower labor costs, could steal share in the U.S.

[doug from upland]

This is total BS. From a marketing standpoint, there is at least an argument about making something where it is to be sold. But it is disgusting that cars will be built in China and brought back here for sale. Congress gets the perk of $1000 per month car allowance. I want Trump to lead the way and demand that such allowance be used for a car made in America or they don't get the allowance.

[Caipirabob]

Chinese death-mobile bump!

[SandRat]

Any compact 4x4 pickups in that deal?

[Salman]

For this we bailed them out?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

It is ugly. Too many nice SUVs out there to consider this ugly mess.

[Wolfie]

Now we’ll see if Trump is serious about tariffs.

[wally_bert]

I’ll keep my old Blazer and jeeps.

[Seaplaner]

The UAW attacked the plan, saying it was "a slap in the face."

Ah, that same UAW that backed the Dems including Ms Clinton (who apparently have little problem w chinese imports, and the exportation of US jobs) ?

[Ezekiel]

GM said it will sell the Chinese-built Buick Envision...

Envision your life flashing before your eyes. Real marketing genius there.

[BatGuano]

I won’t buy GM or Chrysler....

[gubamyster]

It will get a whole lot more expensive when President Trump slaps that tariff on it.

[RegulatorCountry]

Automakers prefer to build cars close to where they're sold.

Well, I guess it's just a mystery then, why this Buick Envision is being manufactured in China for sale in the United States, what with their preference and all. /s

[gaijin]

[ASOC]

Hencho en China? No! Let ‘em rot on the sales floor.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Nixon’s vision for America is coming true. America is to be one big consumer market for chinese made garbage.

[rrrod]

I won’t buy a car that’s been touched by the UAW.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ford dealers already sell cars made in Turkey, Mexico and elsewhere.
Buy it or walk away...

[clearcarbon]

"GM to sell Chinese-built car in the United States for first time"

Mostly made from biodegradable materials.

[doug from upland]

Not really. They will use the same tooling and materials as used here. They just want cheaper labor. Screw GM for this.